system(3) behaviour under Esix rev. D
Chip Salzenberg
chip at tct.uucp
Tue Feb 26 02:58:16 AEST 1991
According to walter at mecky.UUCP (Walter Mecky):
>I can not speak for ESIX, but in my system (SCO UNIX) this is a
>(not documented) fact:
>
> sh resets the effective uid back to the real
> uid if they are different and the EUID != 0.
>
SCO support has confirmed that /bin/sh doesn't like EUID and UID
differing, and attempts to "correct" the matter. Double bleh.
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